Webster Pass

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Webster Pass (74°34′S 111°9′W) is a snow pass in the central Bear Peninsula located at the divide between Brush Glacier and Holt Glacier, on the Walgreen Coast of Westarctica.

Discovery and name

The pass was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken in 1966. Webster Pass was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1977 after William O. Webster, U.S. Navy who served as an aerographer on seven Operation Deepfreeze deployments, including one winter-over.